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Badminton offers a wide variety of basic strokes, and players require a high level of skill to perform all of them effectively.
All strokes can be played either forehand or backhand (except for the high serve, which is only ever played as a forehand).
A player's forehand side is the same side as his playing hand: for a right-handed player, the forehand side is his right side and the backhand side is his left side.
Forehand strokes are hit with the front of the hand leading (like hitting with the palm), whereas backhand strokes are hit with the back of the hand leading (like hitting with the knuckles).
Players frequently play certain strokes on the forehand side with a backhand hitting action, and vice-versa.